EISELE Roy - 360 BS 303 BG

 

Roy EISELE

 

eisele roy

Pilot Class Book 43-D, Gibbs field, Ft. Stockton, Texas.

This class book was indexed by Arie-Jan van Hees

Source : USAAF Class Book Research Project

NUMBER OF SERVICE0-745655
AGE21 ans 
DATE OF BIRTH

10 april 1923

ETATLos Angeles CALIFORNIA
FAMILYParents: John William & Elsie EISELE 
RANK1st Lieutenant 
FONCTIONPilot
JOB BEFORE ENLISTEMENTSales clerksCA
DATE of ENLISTEMENT13 april 1942 Los Angeles CALIFORNIA
  SQUADRON360th Bomb Squadron 
 GROUP303rd  Bomb Group 
ARMY8th US Air Force
DATE OF DEATH12 june 1944

eisele roy tombe

Source : mandersen84

STATUSKIA
PLACE OF DEATHCambrai 
DATA PLAN

B-17 Fortress - type G-35-DL - s/n 42-107048 PU*M 

"Tangerine"

b17

Macr: 5626

 Mission: Cambrai (59) et Epinoy (62): aérodromes

Takeoff station 107 Molesworth , CAMBRIDGESHIRE

Shot by the flak - 09h14

CEMETERYNORMANDY AMERICAN CEMETERY of Colleville

Map of Normandy American Cemetery

GRAVE
PlotRowGrave
B224
DECORATION

Distinguished Flying Cross 

Air Medal with Oak Leaf Cluster

Purple Heart

 

dfc

am olc

Photo FDLM

 

 

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STORY

 

 

Crew of  B-17 Fortress - type G-35-DL - s/n 42-107048 PU*M 

 

1st Lieutenant Roy EISELE Pilot Dead Cim Am Colleville-sur-Mer  O-745655 - DFC/AM+3 - CALIFORNIA
2nd Lieutenant Louis F Jr GIRARD CoPilot Dead Cim Am Colleville-sur-Mer  O-682848 - DFC/AM+3 - WEST VIRGINIA
2nd Lieutenant Melvin GLADSTONE Bomber Dead Cim Am Colleville-sur-Mer  O-746877 - DFC/AM+3 - ILLINOIS
2nd Lieutenant Murray SCHENKER Navigator Dead Cim Am Colleville-sur-Mer  O-694734 - DFC/AM+3 - NEW YORK
T/Sergeant Louis M COWLEY Mechanic/Gunner Dead Forest Home Cem. Forest Park, ILLINOIS 16038217 - 23 yo   - Son of Louis B and June (Morton) Cowley, ILLINOIS
T/Sergeant Ralph MILLARD Radio Dead Cim Am Colleville-sur-Mer  35521469 - DFC/AM+3 - Ohio
S/Sergeant Efrain   LONGORIA Gunner Dead Fort Sam Houston Nat Cem. San Antonio, TEXAS 38365009 - 20 ans - Né le 12/03/1924 - TEXAS
S/Sergeant Szymon FRIEDMAN Gunner Dead Cim Am Colleville-sur-Mer  32228384 - DFC/AM+3/PH - NEW YORK
S/Sergeant Richard L BELL Gunner Dead Cim Am Colleville-sur-Mer  15054420 - AM+2 - OHIO
S/Sergeant Edward Joseph VALLEE Gunner Prisonnier - NEW YORK - Initially escaped, is arrested, probably victim of Jacques Desoubrie - Interned in Fresnes (94)– One of the 168 Allied airmen deported to Buchenwald on 15/08/1944 and sent to Sagan's Stalag Luft III - during the Sagan evacuation of January 45, is folded on the Stalag VIIA where he is released by US troops the 29/04/1945

equipage 42 107048 team

(Back) 1Lt Roy Eisele (P)(KIA)*, 2Lt Louis F. Girard (CP)(KIA)*,
2Lt Murray Schenker (N)(KIA)*, 2Lt Melvin Gladstone (B)(KIA)*,
(Front) T/Sgt Louis M. Cowley (E)(KIA), Sgt Efrain Longoria (BTG)(KIA),
S/Sgt Richard L. Bell (RWG)(KIA)*, T/Sgt Joseph A. Czerwonka (LWG),
S/Sgt Edward J. Vallee (TG)(POW), S/Sgt Ralph Millard (R)(KIA)*(far right)

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equipage 42 107048 stele Stele in memory of the B17 crew at Eswars equipage 42 107048 STELE1

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